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Definition of democratic:

Befitting the common people; - opposed to aristocratic.
Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.
Relating to a political party so called.

Synonyms:

direct, characterized by principles of political equality, bourgeois, constitutional, republican, liberal, popular, equal, communal, Jeffersonian, populist, participatory, public, laissez-faire, pop, individualistic, egalitarian, specific, just, parliamentary, common, antiauthoritarian, orderly, general, free, politics, representative, classless, advocating democracy.

Usage examples:

We are very democratic here in camp, you know.

- "The Associate Hermits", Frank R. Stockton.
The game just described is played chiefly by officers; but this is a democratic age, and the rank and file are now occasionally permitted to take part.

- "The First Hundred Thousand", Ian Hay.
It has difficulties to struggle against in the democratic spirit of the country, and in the early age at which the majority of boys leave school; but in its working shape it seems to do good.

- "Town Life in Australia 1883", R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny.